Abstract: The Versatile Video Coding (VVC) standard notably enhances encoding efficiency with the Quad-Tree plus Multi-Type Tree (QTMTT) partition structure. However, the complex QTMTT tool presents ...

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

“It was...obvious that these types of steps, along with webbing that hadn’t been buddy-checked, could lead to catastrophic results,” an attorney said Kimberlee ...

Differential privacy (DP) stands as the gold standard for protecting user information in large-scale machine learning and data analytics. A critical task within DP is partition selection—the process ...

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

Matthew L. Hoare MONTPELIER — Matthew Lee Hoare passed away on July 29, 2025, at the UVM Medical Center with heart failure. He was the youngest of 7 children born on April 21, 1959, to Samuel E and ...

The modern internet is ruled by algorithms. When you boot up Instagram, for example, what you see in your feed is strategically sorted by the app's AI based on your past activity to keep you engaged ...

St. Matthew Catholic Church in Charlotte’s Ballantyne area. St. Matthew in Ballantyne is the largest Catholic parish in Charlotte and among the biggest in the U.S. Charlotte Catholic Bishop Michael ...